Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell has been the lead guitarist and songwriter for Alice in Chains since the band formed in 1987. By the mid ‘90s after a run of multi-platinum albums, Alice…
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Stop Stressing About Stress
Stress can suck, but it’s part of life – it’s normal and even useful. Many of us drown in our stress – worrying about past events and fearing upcoming challenges.…
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In the bleak Russian winter of 1959, nine experienced hikers led by Igor Dyatlov set out on an expedition. None of them made it back alive. When their campsite was…
NVIDIA: At the Heart of the AI Boom
In the past few years, NVIDIA has become one of the most valuable and important companies in the world by making GPUs, the chips powering the AI boom. But where…
How to Trust and Be Trusted with Rachel Botsman
Rachel Botsman, Oxford University professor and author of the new Pushkin audiobook How to Trust and Be Trusted, joins Malcolm to talk about how to make smart decisions about trust.…
Trump’s Strategy: Distraction and Executive Action
What do the decisions Trump has made so far tell us about his strategy for his second term? And what strategic options do the Democrats have? Nate and Maria talk…
LA Fire Disaster Relief From MusiCares
Today Justin Richmond has a quick chat with Laura Segura, the Executive Director of MusiCares—a Recording Academy non-profit that’s currently offering support to musicians and music professionals affected by the…
Sonny Rollins
Coming off the loss of Quincy Jones, Benny Golson, Roy Haynes and Lou Donaldson at the end of 2024, it’s truly a treat to bring you a fresh interview with…
Episode 10: “Anybody Can Win, but Everybody’s Gonna Lose”
Perhaps you have someone in your life who’s prone to sports gambling. Michael Lewis has someone. So he comes up with a scheme to “innoculate” his 17-year-old son against the…
Hack Your Emotions
Negative emotions like fear or anger are part of being human. These feelings tell us something – perhaps prompting us to take action or bring about change. However, they’re powerful…
Frozen in a Burning 747 (Tenerife Air Disaster 2)
Two airplanes have just collided on the runway at Tenerife Airport. While no one on the Amsterdam-bound KLM plane survives the resulting fireball, 71 Pan-Am passengers and crew make it…
What Claude Shannon Figured Out
Claude Shannon is a major figure in the history of technology. Known as the father of information theory, Shannon spent decades at Bell Labs and MIT. But what exactly did…
